Showing posts with label working hours. Show all posts
Showing posts with label working hours. Show all posts

Monday, 23 March 2015

Improving patient safety by implementing a new general surgical on-call rota for FY1 doctors

"This project demonstrates that altering rotas can improve junior doctor's perception of patient safety, and also shows that junior team members, with departmental support, can overcome barriers to change and implement new rotas."

Improving patient safety by implementing a new general surgical on-call rota for FY1 doctors
H Walton, M Uheba
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u206069.w3327

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Monday, 18 February 2013

Impact of the Working Time Regulations on medical education and training


"This report presents the findings of primary research that aimed to evaluate the possible effects of the Working Time Regulations on postgraduate medical education and training across the UK."

The impact of the Working Time Regulations on medical education and training: final report on primary research: a report for the General Medical Council
G Morrow, B Burford, M Carter, J Illing
Centre for Medical Education Research
August 2012 (published February 2013)

Read more here.

Access the supporting literature review here.